Obo Kian (How are you in Ishan)
As we dry ourselves off and try not to get blown away by the
winds Proud to be African Clothing presents an absolutely riveting week of
quiz’s, music, films, awards, conferences and events.
Have a great week!
Monday 17th February
At 7.00pm is the Africa Centre Quiz at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
Shoreditch, E1 6LA. Hosted by Henry Bonsu, this light hearted an informal
night, will give you a chance to relax and network with likeminded people as
well as test your knowledge to the limit. This is a FREE event although a £5.00
donation is kindly requested. Register teams of 4-8 members here.
At 8.00pm SOAS Women’s
Society presents For Coloured Girls Who
Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf in Room G2, SOAS, Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG. Ntozake Shange’s play will start the
Society’s ‘Ain’t I a woman? What’s race got to do with it?’ week, directed by
Adam Tulloch, followed by a Q&A with the director and actresses. Tickets
are £3.00 from here
Tuesday 18th February
At 1.00pm Inspirational
YOU hosts Inspire Youth Day at The College of Haringey, Enfield and North
East London, High Road Tottenham, N15 4RU hosted by Kem Anyanwu, 16-24 year
olds will meet top entrepreneurs, learn how to develop winning ideas from successful
business leaders and Cambridge University graduates. Register for this FREE event here
Wednesday 19th February
From 9.30am to 4.30pm
is Strategies for Schools Engagement on
FGM at the Initiative of Change
Building, Greencoat Place, Victoria, SW1P 1BE. This conference will feature
panel discussions, expert speakers and targets education, health and social
service professionals as well as women’s groups. Admission is £40.00, email for details.
At 1.10pm Juwon
Ogungbe presents Each Day is Valentine’s
Day, at St Sepulchre, Holborn
Viaduct, EC1A 2DQ. Accompanied by Ryoko Izutsu the singer and multi
instrumentalist will sing arias and art songs by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Verdi,
Puccini, Arne, Quilter, Vaughan Williams, Ginastera, Foster, Porter, Gershwin
and Spanish folk songs and the Zarzuela all based on love! More details here.
At 5.30pm the UCL
Institute of the Americas presents The
Structure of Slave Ownership in St
Catherine, Jamaica and Nevis 1817-1834 in Lecture Theatre 103, UCL, 51 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PN. This
discussion panel will present 2 papers ‘The
structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership: A case study
of St Catherine, Jamaica’ by Kate Donington (UCL) and ‘Using Slave registers as a source for Gathering information about the
enslaved: A Case Study of St Kitts and Nevis’ Kristy Warren (UCL). Register
for this FREE event here.
At 7.00pm the
Royal African Society presents South
Sudan: finding the path to peace in Room
K6.29, Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Kings Building, Strand Campus, Kings College
London, WC2R 2LS. Chaired by Professor Jack Spence OBE (KCL), with Tim
Morris (UK Special Envoy to the South Sudan Peace Talks), Gonyi Ajawin (Fasken
Martineau LLP) and Veronique Barbelet (Overseas Development Institute), the
panel will explore some of the challenges to securing peace, the role of South
Sudan’s neighbours, the wider international community and non state actors.
RSVP this FREE event here.
Thursday 20th February
At 10.00am the
Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust hosts
How to build a website or blog from scratch at the Stephen Lawrence Centre, 39 Brookmill Road, Deptford, SE8 4HU. This
workshop covers the principles of good website design based on Wordpress and
provide attendees with a domain name and webhosting, lessons on content, design
and management of a website. Register for this FREE course here.
At 5.30pm AFRUCA presents Conversations with AFRUCA Children’s
Champions at 25 New Inn Yard, EC2A
3EA. This event chaired by Debbie Ariyo OBE is a conversation with 2 of
AFRUCAs children’s champions to discuss child protection issues affecting black
families in London. Register for this FREE
event here.
At 6.00pm is African Urban Revolution: How do population
growth and conflict affect cities? at the Africa Research Institute, 55 Tufton Street, SW1P 3QL. This book
launch will feature a panel discussion with Susan Parnell (African Centre for
Cities), Caroles Rakodi, Tom Goodfellow, David Simon and Haley Leck as well as
Jo Beall and Sean Fox, reviewing topics in the book which seeks to provides an
insight into the key issues surrounding African urbanisation. Register for this
FREE event by email or phone on 0207
222 4006.
At 7.00pm the
SOAS Centre for African Studies presents History on Film: Slavery and the African
Diaspora from a Global Perspective in the Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS. This event will feature a screening
of the 2014 film ‘The Diambourou: Slavery
and Emancipation in Kayes (Mali)’ directed by Marie Rodet, followed by a
panel discussion chaired by Dr Marie Rodet (SOAS), with Dr Shihan de Silva (Institute
of Commonwealth Studies), Dr Parvathi Raman (SOAS) and Angelica Baschiers
(SOAS). This is a FREE event. More
details here.
At 8.00pm Arts
Canteen presents Amira Kheir at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road,
Shoreditch, E1 6LA. The London based Sudanese-Italian singer will be
performing songs from her debut album ‘View
From Somewhere’ drawing from a variety of influences from jazz, eastern, Sudanese,
West African and Middle Eastern music. Tickets are £12.00 (£10.00 concs) from here.
Friday 21st February
At 5.30pm AFRUCA presents Conversations with AFRUCA Children’s
Champions: Hackney at Council
Chamber, Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EA. This event
chaired by Councillor Susan Jumoke Fajana-Thomas (former Mayor of Hackney) is a
conversation with 2 of AFRUCAs children’s champions to discuss child protection
issues affecting black families in London. Register for this FREE event here.
At 7.00pm is Jally Kebba Susso at The Green Note, 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN.
The Gambian kora master and griot expands on traditional West African music
with Afro Funk, jazz, rock and blues. Tickets are £10.00 from here.
At 7.00pm SOAS Women’s
Society presents For Coloured Girls Who
Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf in Room G2, SOAS. Ntozake
Shange’s play will finish the Society’s ‘Aint I a woman? What’s race got to do
with it?’ week, directed by Adam Tulloch followed by reception. Tickets are £3.00 from here.
At 7.30pm iCan
presents Think Like A Man. Act Like A
Lady at iCan Studios, 35 Monier
Road, E3 2PR, a singles and relationship event hosted by MichaelK and
Breeny Lee featuring guest artists Boma Diri Music, Victizzle Victor Akata,
Clixx and Josh King, with key note speaker Kunle Oyedeji and guests. Panellists
Femi Iloyi, Kunle Oyedeji, Ify Alexis, Tanesha Westcarr and Alison Bristow will
debate the male/ female relationship divide. Register for this FREE event here.
At 8.00pm KMT
Freedom Teacher presents Mama Africa
at Arch 365, 16- 18 Lendal Terrace, Clapham,
SW4 7UX, with resident DJ’s on rotation Oya Bun, Bogossy Freshfrenchy an
KMT playing the best in Hiplife, coupe decale, afrobeats, Afro deep house,
tribal and a DJ competition to find the best African DJ’s. FREE before 9.00pm, £3.00
before 11.00pm and £5.00 thereafter.
More details here.
Saturday 22nd February
At 9.30am the
London Metropolitan Archives host The 9th
Annual Huntley Conference- When They were Young: Researching Our Archives at
the London Metropolitan Archives, 40
Northampton Road, EC1R 0HB. Archive materials from this African Caribbean
collection will be on offer and will explore London in the 1970’s, speakers
including Paul Reid, Toyin Agbetu and Patrick Vernon will be speaking. Tickets
are £10.00 (FREE for under 18’s)
from here.
At 1.30pm the
National Association of Black Supplementary Schools hosts Why Do We Still Need Black History Month at Birkbeck University, University Square, Stratford, 1 Salway Road,
Stratford Circus, E15 1NF. This event will feature a film documentary, ‘The
Importance of Black History Month’ with panellists Andrew Muhammad, Nubian Jak,
Nosa Igbenedion, Neil Mayers, Patricia Green and Natasha Benjamin discussing
their experiences in learning about black history with a Q&A to gather the
views of the public. Register for this FREE
event here.
At 7.00pm is Ghetto Lounge Afro Special at Passing Clouds, 1 Richmond Road, Dalston,
E8 4AA. Featuring Ibibio Sound Machine the Afro electric disco, Sierra
Leonean Highlife legend Abdul Tee-Jay, Koichi Sakai and Clapper Priest (Japan
meets Jamaica super dancehall set) and DJ’s Nik Weston, Huw72 and Volta45. FREE entry before 9.00pm, £5.00 before 10.00pm and £10.00 thereafter
At 10.00pm the Igbo
Culture and Support Network presents
L-O-V-E.. A Fundraising Party at
Festac Bar, 148 Holloway Road, N7 8DD. This is a night for young love to
flourish,with games and socialising throughout the evening. Tickets are £10.00 in advance (£15.00 on the door) in aid of Amaudo Charity.
Sunday 23rd February
At 1.00pm is a Free Spirit Ramble with Griot Chinyere in Epping Forest. Meeting at Chingford
Station, donations are £3.00 for
adults, £2.00 for children. More
details here.
At 5.30pm is the 9th Screen Nation Film and TV
Awards and After Party 2014 at Park
Plaza Riverbank, 18 Albert Embankment, SE1 7TJ. Hosted by Nigerian British
actress Caroline Chikezie and Nigerian comedian Ali Baba, there will be special
guests such as Bill Duke, Olympic Athletes, the Nigerian High Commissioner,
Premiership footballers, business people and Nollywood stars, with a VIP drinks
reception and then an after show party with DJ Abrantee. Tickets start from £70.00 from here.
At 7.00pm Reuben
P. Joseph and Yaa Asantewa Arts presents L’Art
de La Mode: Spirit of Africa, Asia and Caribbean at The Yaa Centre, 1 Chippenham Mews, W9 2AN. This celebration of
African and Caribbean designers combines art and fashion at an explosive event
for London Fashion Week. 26 models and 18 designers will present their works at
a theatrical and spectacular show with African drums, poetry, a steel band and
soca music alongside live performers and special guests. There will be a second day on the 23rd
of February. Tickets are, £10.00 from
here
At 7.00pm is Express Yourself: Akala (Unplugged) ,
Lovelle Hill, Parris Wright, Thea Maria and Miraa May at The Jazz Cafe, Parkway, Camden Town, NW1 7PG. the MOBO winning
hip hop artist and others will be combining acapella, acoustic performance with
the art of story telling Tickets are £12.50
in advance from here
At 7.00pm Jazzmo’thology
presents Jammin at Bar 414, 414 Coldharbour Road, SW9 8LF. Featuring
soul singer Glinis Le’Flore from Los Angeles with the resident band The Westley
Joseph Collective, singing The Motown Songbook. Tickets are £10.00 in advance from here, more on the door.
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